Mersey Vale Memorial Park
Public cemetery in Tasmania, Australia
41°12′19″S 146°20′35″E / 41.20537°S 146.34312°E / -41.20537; 146.34312
Mersey Vale Memorial Park is a cemetery located at 29-31 Stony Rise Road, Quoiba, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.[1] It is the burial place of Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.[1][2]
History
In 1968 Devonport, Latrobe and Kentish Councils commenced a forty-year agreement to establish and operate a cemetery for their three municipalities.[1]
Management
After the forty years Devonport City Council became the sole operator and administrator of the cemetery.[1]
Notable interments
- Darrel Baldock AM, VFL footballer, politician
- Mary Bell, aviator
- Joseph Lyons, Premier of Tasmania, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (re-interred in 1969)[2]
- Dame Enid Lyons, first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives
- Kevin Lyons, Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
References
- ^ a b c d "Mersey Vale Memorial Park". Devonport City Council.
- ^ a b "Lyons gets his wish". The Canberra Times. 15 January 1969. p. 8.
External links
- Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetery Quoiba Tasmania, Billion Graves